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William Shatner was left nursing a bruised ego when his trousers fell down during an airport security check in front of dozens of fellow travellers. The actor was queuing at Los Angeles International …

William Shatner was left nursing a bruised ego when his trousers fell down during an airport security check in front of dozens of fellow travellers.

The actor was queuing at Los Angeles International Airport to catch a flight to South Africa when officials singled him out for a search.

He had decided to wear loose-fitting clothing for the journey and did not have a belt holding his pants up, and he was left red-faced when they fell down, exposing his underwear.

Shatner says, “It was awful to have people looking at me with my pants down, probably the most embarrassing thing that’s ever happened to me. … It was a long flight so I wanted to wear loose clothing because I didn’t want anything to bind me.”

Lindsay Lohan posted a picture of the coverage on news channel CNN, adding: “My mommy just woke my sister and I up to this! God bless those that are in fear.”

Disney star Selena Gomez, who visited Japan recently, writes, “Wow, I don’t even know what to say, Japan. I was just there and you were all so wonderful to me. I am sending all my love, prayers and support”, “Star Trek” legend William Shatner adds, “My heart and prayers go out to the victims of the earthquake and tsunami”, and “Desperate Housewives” star Eva Longoria writes, “My prayers are with you Japan!”

Country singer Taylor Swift writes, “I’m sending my thoughts and prayers and love to those in Japan who are hurting”, Katy Perry writes, “My prayers go out to anyone that is being effected (sic) by the disaster in Japan”, and burlesque star Dita Von Teese ‘Tweeted,’ “Sending love and hope for Japan.”

William Shatner is frustrated by the furor surrounding the risque title of his new sitcom “$#*! My Dad Says,” because he’s always used the expletive around his kids.

Members of the Parents Television Council (PTC) have urged more than 340 companies to boycott the show by refusing to advertise during its broadcast, arguing that the title is indecent.

But the “Star Trek” legend, who plays the cantankerous father of the title, can’t understand the fuss over bad language and admits he frequently uses the curse word.

He tells the Associated Press, “Do you know what I wish? I wish they would call it s**t. I’ve got grandchildren. I brought up three girls. They’ve all got kids. OK? And you say, ‘Boopy-doo-doo, you’ve got to make poo-poo. Come on. Make poo-poo in the toilet.’

“Eventually, poo-poo becomes s**t. ‘Go take a s**t, you’ll feel better.’ You say that to your kids. The word s**t is around us. It isn’t a terrible term. It’s a natural function. Why are we pussyfooting?”

The series, based on a real-life Twitter page, is due to air next month.

The 78-year-old, who shot to fame as Captain Kirk on the original 1960s show, admits his memories of the series have been marred by bitter feuds with former cast mates.

Shatner admitted he felt bad after former co-star George Takei failed to invite him to his wedding to longtime partner Brad Altman last year. Meanwhile, Shatner reached a gentleman’s agreement with Leonard Nimoy never to talk Trek in order to salvage their friendship.

But the star insists most of his efforts to mend relationships have been in vain.

He tells the New York Post, “I’ve asked them (my co-stars) numerous times to see if I can assuage their bitterness. I don’t know what their problem is, quite frankly, so I’ve given up on trying to make it better. I don’t like any ill feeling, and if there was something I could do to correct it I would. But nothing seems to work.”

William Shatner has taken his war of words with former “Star Trek” castmate George Takei into cyberspace, by insisting the newlywed is “sad” and “sick” for not inviting Captain Kirk to his recent …

William Shatner has taken his war of words with former “Star Trek” castmate George Takei into cyberspace, by insisting the newlywed is “sad” and “sick” for not inviting Captain Kirk to his recent same-sex marriage ceremony.

Takei, who blasted Shatner for his vanity on the set of the cult sci-fi series in his memoirs, made a point of not inviting the actor to his nuptials when he exchanged vows with partner Brad Altman at the Democracy Forum of the Japanese American National Museum in Los Angeles on September 14.

And the “Boston Legal” star is still bitter about the snub.

In a new video, posted on YouTube.com, Shatner says, “The whole thing makes me feel badly. The poor man, there’s such a sickness there. It’s so patently obvious that there’s a psychosis there.

“I don’t know what his original thing about me was; I have no idea. I didn’t read his book that was printed many years ago but apparently I didn’t let somebody have a close-up.”

But Shatner insists there must be more to it than that: “I literally don’t know him. I didn’t know him very well on the series; he’d come in for a day or two … but he’s continued to speak badly about me for all these years.

“You’d think there would be an epiphany at some point where George might have said, ‘Poor Bill Shatner, he is such a lonely, desperate, unhappy man that he did all these terrible things to me…’ when I said hello or something … but instead what he does is he makes this big deal about not inviting me to his wedding.

“There must be something else inside George that is festering, and makes him so unhappy that he takes it out on me, in effect a total stranger.

“It’s sad the man can’t find enough peace in his life to either be positive and say ‘I forgive him for whatever those hurts were,’ or to shut up about it. … I feel nothing but pity for him.”

And Shatner urges his former castmate to reconsider his bitterness towards him: “He and I don’t have many years left on this world.”

Christmas cash from the cast of the ABC legal drama “Boston Legal” and money the show’s star William Shatner made by auctioning off his removed kidney stone is helping to build a home. The cast of the …

Christmas cash from the cast of the ABC legal drama “Boston Legal” and money the show’s

star William Shatner made by auctioning off his removed kidney stone is helping

to build a home.

The cast of the show decided to hand over cash they intended to spend on

Christmas gifts for one another to the housebuilding charity Habitat for Humanity —